Ministry of Education (Bhutan)

The Ministry of Education (Dzongkha: ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag) renamed as Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD)^[1] is a ministry under the Royal Government of Bhutan, responsible for the country's educational policies. As of 2023, the Ministry of Education controls 573 Schools.^[2]

Ministry of Education and Skills Development

ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག། shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Bhutan
Headquarters	Peling Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan
Minister responsible	Lyonpo Yeezang De Thapa, Minister of Education and Skills Development
Website	www.education.gov.bt

Vision

"An educated and enlightened society of GNH, built and sustained on the unique Bhutanese values of tha dam-tsig ley gju-drey." ^[3]

Objectives

• To develop sound educational policies that enable the creation of a knowledge-based GNH society.
• To provide equitable, inclusive and quality education and lifelong learning opportunities to all children and harness their full potential to become productive citizens.
• To equip all learners with appropriate knowledge, skills and values to cope with the challenges of the 21st century and beyond.^[3]

Departments

The Departments under the Ministry of Education:

• Department of Education Programmes (DEP)^[4]
• Department of School Education (DSE)^[5]
• Department of Workforce Planning and Skills Development (DWPSD)^[6]

Ministers

• Sangay Ngedup (1998–1999) (as Minister of Health and Education)
• Thakur S. Powdyel (2008–2013)
• Norbu Wangchuk (2014–2018)
• Jai Bir Rai (7 November 2018 – 2023)
• Yeezang De Thapa (28 January 2024- present)

See also

• Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
• Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Home Affairs
• Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

References

1. "Ministries and Departments Reconstituted and their new names". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
2. "Ministry of Education and Skills Development | SHERIG". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
3. "Vision & Mission | Ministry of Education and Skills Development". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
4. "DEP | Department of Education Programmes". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
5. "Department of School Education". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
6. "Department of Workforce Planning & Skills Development |". Retrieved 2024-10-20.

External Links

• Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD)